Chandler Walker from @ChansLogic joins us this week. Chandler is an international speaker and podcast host who helps folks pursue their dreams.
We talk about the importance of staying in your lane and taking the time to understand the needs of your audience.
Her approach to life is about not asking for permission. But it’s not in a reckless manner. In fact, it’s highly disciplined because once you no longer ask for permission then you become responsible for your actions at a much deeper level.
Learn how that approach emboldens Logan and how she applies it to #PublicSpeaking.
And enjoy the energy!
2-Minute Tip: Practice Breathing Breathing is, of course, an essential step in speaking. After all, it’s how we make sounds. But it’s more than that. Getting adequate air into our lungs calms us down. It helps us counter act the nerves many speakers experience. It ensures our brain has the oxygen it needs to stay on task. And it enhances the volume and confidence with which we speak. To practice…
Speakers can learn a lot from comedians — and not about how to open with a joke. Comedy requires a detailed understanding of language and storytelling, plus the flexibility to work with an unpredictable and sometimes intoxicated audience. It can take years to craft an hour of material.
This week I talk with comedian and musician Phil Johnson about his journey, working with an audience, storytelling, and piracy.
2-Minute Tip: Textiful One way to avoid overwhelming and stressing your audience is to make resources available after the fact and to let your audience know those resources will, in fact, be available. Ari Meisel recommends Textiful for this. With this tool, you can tell your audience to text a key phrase to a specific number. Now you have an automated dialog with the audience member. You can automatically email…
2-Minute Tip — Remove Filler Words Filler or crutch words are the bane of many a speaker’s existence. The ums, ahs, likes, verys, you knows, and more clutter up our talks and conversation so much we don’t even notice them. They waste time, annoy the audience and distract from your message. So get rid of them. Easier said than done. One technique is to have a friend or colleague listen…
Most people don’t think of leadership in the military as serving those under your command. But then again, Air Force Technical Sergeant Lyle Tard isn’t most people. Join us this week as we talk about #PublicSpeaking, training in the #Military, and the importance Servant Leadership.
2-Minute Tip: Caring is key People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. As with so many strategies for success in speaking, it often comes down to the audience. How well do you know them? How well do you connect with them? Most importantly, do they trust you? Try to connect with the audience and make them feel you care and are listening to…
2-Minute Tip: Identify Your Biggest Take Away To deliver an effective presentation, first identify the biggest take away for the audience. If they remember only one thing, this is the thing it should be. To figure that out, start by doing a brain dump on a piece of paper or whiteboard. Then go through all theses random ideas that are in someway related to your topic. What…
2-Minute Tip: Build a Team Sometimes to get better, you may need help, and that’s okay. Hire a coach. Join Toastmasters. Ask a friend or colleague. Take an online course. Take a traditional course. Read a book. Subscribe to a podcast about public speaking Or do all of the above. Or some combination of them. The point is you can build expertise, or at the very…